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and pakistan and the raid on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. this is moderated by senior national security correspondent for "the washington post" care and de young who stood by the group patricia ellis gives a brief opening remarks. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening everyone and welcome. i am going to start again. sorry. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i'm patricia less president of the women's foreign policy group. we promote women's leadership and of places pressing international issues of the day such as our topic for tonight, u.s.-pakistan relations. on behalf of the wfpg and board members present tonight, don, gayle, theresa, donna, i want to welcome everybody here. we are so glad that you could join us for this the high end of the headline yvette. these are evens on hot issues in the news and recently we have done a fence on egypt, libya, women in the middle east, and every event tonight is with investor husain haqqani, the pakistani ambassador to the u.s. who will be joined by our friend and frequent speaker and moder
and pakistan and the raid on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. this is moderated by senior national security correspondent for "the washington post" care and de young who stood by the group patricia ellis gives a brief opening remarks. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening everyone and welcome. i am going to start again. sorry. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i'm patricia less president of the women's foreign policy group. we promote women's leadership and...
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/pakistan relations. on behalf of the wefpg and our board members who are present tonight, dawn, gayle, donna and teresa, i want to welcome everybody here. we're so glad that you could join us for this behind-the-headlines event. these are events on hot issues in the news, and recently we've done events on egypt, libya, women in the middle east, um, and our event tonight is with ambassador husain haqqani, the pakistani ambassador to the who will be joined by our friend and frequent speaker and moderator, washington post's senior national security correspondent karen deyoung. for a conversation on u.s./pakistan relations. the event could not be more timely, as we all know, given the increased tensions in the relationship between the two countries following the killing of osama bin laden. we're so pleased to have the ambassador with us tonight to explore the complexities and the importance of this relationship and extremely lucky to have karen back. i want to recognize a few guests who are here with us toni
/pakistan relations. on behalf of the wefpg and our board members who are present tonight, dawn, gayle, donna and teresa, i want to welcome everybody here. we're so glad that you could join us for this behind-the-headlines event. these are events on hot issues in the news, and recently we've done events on egypt, libya, women in the middle east, um, and our event tonight is with ambassador husain haqqani, the pakistani ambassador to the who will be joined by our friend and frequent speaker and...
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carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and pakistan apart. the current afghanistan-pakistan crisis is traced back to the 19th empleg ri when the brettish led army led them to the pass and forced the petition of afghanistan into the north and south. the drawing of the duran line in 1893 was intended to guarantee british control east of the hindu kush and proved to be a political jail and source of constant conflict until the creation of pakistan in 1947. pakistan's humiliating defeat in the 1971 war against east pakistan continues to hant pan stack's predominantly panjabis establishment. the conflict transformed into a w
carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and...
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therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because we withdraw in this case pakistan, or we entice her pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a staged withdrawal, so this comes to the point that there really doesn't matter if what happened in the past at this moment, if our goal list to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting, we must deal with pakistan. who else can we -- >> host: that's right. the question isn't so much dealing with pakistan with is the longer-term out, in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan we committed to their campaign of undermining their neighbor next door in india. >> guest: that is exactly the choice. we can avoid that by staying in afghanistan permanently. or live with it. so here is exactly how i approach a foreign policy issue. if pakistan comes to be secure in afghanistan to destabilize india. shall we therefore see permanent in afghanistan? how do we prevent that? where i come to stay yes, pakistan and india have reasons to distrust each other. i don't think they are going to go away. i thin
therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because we withdraw in this case pakistan, or we entice her pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a staged withdrawal, so this comes to the point that there really doesn't matter if what happened in the past at this moment, if our goal list to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting, we must deal with pakistan. who else can we -- >> host: that's right. the question isn't so much dealing with pakistan with is the longer-term out, in terms...
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and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the longer-term outcome in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan, we commit to the campaign of undermining their neighbor next door in india. that's -- >> guest: we can avoid that by staying in afghanistan permanently. or live with it. so here's exactly how i approach the foreign policy issue. you pose the question, if pakistan comes to be secure in afghanistan, we can destabilize india? may well. shall be therefore state permit in afghanistan? how do we prevent that? what i come to say yeah, i think pakistan and india have reasons to distrust ea
and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the...
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therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't simply want to get out -- >> host: the failure are much, much higher -- >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan. then for the moment having those on hundred 50,000 troops out, i'm not particularly interested in the national interest of the united states, what kind of government there is in kabul, and i want to see the united states more balanced and able to respond to the russian invasion of georgia and the things of that sort, so i want to balance the foreign policy. afghanistan creates an unbalanced foreign policy and my question is how to rebalance it and there is an ugly price to
therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't...
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can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and i want to see that the united states will rebalance and be better able to respond to russian invasions of georgia. if they create an unbalanced foreign policy, how do you read -- reap from that? >> guest: one thing -- >> host: one thing we have to talk about is china. when you have a relationship with india and pakistan, the big piece of that that we vice president talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it means in the long term consequencings has been wildly overstated in the u.s.. tell me why you think that. >> guest:
can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and...
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dealing with pakistan. the other half is equally important you cannot deal with pakistan without addressing india. we cannot be the mediator between india and pakistan. we can be a facilitator. and other wise grand picture tonight let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to continue the bilateral process, not because either side thinks there is a great chance of success but because both sides realize there is no viable alternative. that we should encourage the process. there are things we can help do to push the impact toward a resolution of their differences. one small difference. if you want to fly from islamabad, you cannot get there from here. you have to go to dubai, katmandu, a tehran, there is almost no direct flights less than 1% of the gdp engaged in trade. this is not normal or natural. encouraging change in south asia is big. >> could you please comment on the pakistan dilemma in trying to prevent the forces crossing their borders into afghanistan that con
dealing with pakistan. the other half is equally important you cannot deal with pakistan without addressing india. we cannot be the mediator between india and pakistan. we can be a facilitator. and other wise grand picture tonight let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to continue the bilateral process, not because either side thinks there is a great chance of success but because both sides realize there is no viable alternative. that we should...
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can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and india to stop undermining pakistan? know, that we don't know how to do. and won a bronze if we make make a foreign policy, -- idols of the want to get -- >> host: the consequences of failure are much, much higher. >> guest: and julie herself in afghanistan. at the moment i much more interested in having to 2,050,000 troops out. i do think it's a national interest national interest of the united states applet type of government there is in kabul. i want to see deny safe more balance, able to respond to russian advances in georgia. i want to balance foreign policy. my question is how do i rebalance it. >> host: one thing we haven't talked about at all so far is china. and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it will mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been widely overstated in the u.s. tell me why you think that. >> g
can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and india to stop undermining pakistan? know, that we don't know how to do. and won a bronze if we make make a foreign policy, -- idols of the want to get -- >> host: the consequences of failure are much, much higher. >> guest: and julie herself in afghanistan. at the moment i much more interested in having to 2,050,000 troops out. i do think it's a national interest national interest of the united states applet type of...
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you can't deal with pakistan without dealing with pakistan. but the other half is equally important. you can't deal with pakistan, without addressing india. we cannot be a mediator between india and pakistan. the indians will refuse that. but we will be a facilitator. and in otherwise somewhat grim picture tonight, let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to resume the high level negotiations process, which was suspended after mumbai. not because either side thinks there's a great chance of success, but because both sides realize there's no viable alternative. we should encourage that process. there are things that we can help do to push india and pakistan towards a resolution of the small differences and ultimately their big differences. let me give you one small difference. if you want to fly from islamabad to new delhi, you can't get there, you got to go to mumbai, tehran, there are almost no direct flights between the two countries. there's less than 1% of the gdp is engaged in trade. that is not no
you can't deal with pakistan without dealing with pakistan. but the other half is equally important. you can't deal with pakistan, without addressing india. we cannot be a mediator between india and pakistan. the indians will refuse that. but we will be a facilitator. and in otherwise somewhat grim picture tonight, let me give you one piece of good news. last week after pakistan and india agreed to resume the high level negotiations process, which was suspended after mumbai. not because either...
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pakistan to make things even more complicated is a nuclear-armed state. so what we do is keep paying them, keep nagging at them and hope things will improve without any particular reason to believe that they will. >> with a hopeful note. yes, ma'am. right here. i agree with every word unfortunately. the argument has been made that our presence in the middle east is what creates the radicalism and extremism that you were referring to but you said that by protecting the world's oil sources of to us. can you be more specific about what we need to be doing there and comment on of that argument happened? >> the american presence in the middle east especially the military presence undoubtedly friends some of the people living in those countries. although it is also true that the place where that presence is largest, neely iraq is a place where on the one hand our presence is resented but on the other, a majority of iraqis if you believe the polls they don't want us to leave just yet. they want us to doherty eventually but not now. so in iraq at least the attitu
pakistan to make things even more complicated is a nuclear-armed state. so what we do is keep paying them, keep nagging at them and hope things will improve without any particular reason to believe that they will. >> with a hopeful note. yes, ma'am. right here. i agree with every word unfortunately. the argument has been made that our presence in the middle east is what creates the radicalism and extremism that you were referring to but you said that by protecting the world's oil sources...
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pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun tribes on its western border. this fear makes pakistan's relationship with the taliban convoluted and volatile and, perhaps, unreso far bl. -- unresolvable. making token attacks on those taliban that do not seven its interesting, although even in this pack stab's -- pakistan's commitment is not what it seems. while mostly reserving its high-tech weapons given to it by the united states for a potential war with india, pakistan's military sets the poorly-trained and poorly-equipped pashtun frontier corps against the punjabi taliban setting up their own pashtun-controlled punjabi taliban among the disillusioned y
pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun...
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we're here to talk about pakistan and the u.s.-pakistan relationship. we have to of the top and was here in washington with us. it's going to be a terrific session. just human rights is bruce riedel, at the brookings institute. we don't hold that against him though. is the author of a recent terrific book on pakistan called deadly embrace. bruce is the longest in which career in government and he was famously led president obama's afpak review in 2009. bruce, thank you for being here. tone is the chair and strategy at cia -- csis. is by the most prolific and well-known scholar. tony has also a long and established career in government. in may he authored a report looking at national net assessment on pakistani entries way back from afghanistan as well. tony one the coin toss. he will speak first for 15 minutes. bruce will fall and then we will have a conversation among the three of us and open it up to questions from the audience. tony, please, the floor is you yours. >> good afternoon. if i may apologize in advance. i am going to use powerpoint occasio
we're here to talk about pakistan and the u.s.-pakistan relationship. we have to of the top and was here in washington with us. it's going to be a terrific session. just human rights is bruce riedel, at the brookings institute. we don't hold that against him though. is the author of a recent terrific book on pakistan called deadly embrace. bruce is the longest in which career in government and he was famously led president obama's afpak review in 2009. bruce, thank you for being here. tone is...
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we love pakistan's generals when they take over. sometimes at the beginning we're initially reluctant, but soon we come around. and it's bipartisan. republicans and democrats alike have fallen in love with pakistani generals. there's also great individuals. charlie wilson, great movie. but also larry pressler, a little-known senator who's the man whose bill cut off military assistance to pakistan. when we cut off assistance, we told the pakistanis we were not going to deliver 30-some-odd f-16 aircraft today had ordered and paid for. we weren't going to give them their money back, and we were going to charge them rent for taking care of them. larry pressler is not a well known figure in america. every pakistani knows who larry pressler is. [laughter] pakistanis, as a consequence, have come to the conclusion america is a fair-weather friend. pack tannies have numerous jokes about this, and i'll use the cleanest i can. pakistanis think that america sees their country as a tissue; you use it, and you throw it away. i'll leave to your im
we love pakistan's generals when they take over. sometimes at the beginning we're initially reluctant, but soon we come around. and it's bipartisan. republicans and democrats alike have fallen in love with pakistani generals. there's also great individuals. charlie wilson, great movie. but also larry pressler, a little-known senator who's the man whose bill cut off military assistance to pakistan. when we cut off assistance, we told the pakistanis we were not going to deliver 30-some-odd f-16...
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pakistan has a nuclear deterrent capacity, this is very good for pakistan. that means you may not require a very large provincial army to pursue pakistan's develop the sector today, they cannot afford pakistan air force, navy and army the way they are doing now. and this is a case very clearly political leadership is making. they are not making it effectively. they need to do a better job. they need more attraction become civil military leadership so army may not -- that someone setting and the presidency our prime minister is talking to someone in washington, d.c., and everyone is in pakistan army to dismantle it. no one wants that at all. the only thing is that i think political leadership in pakistan is mature. yes, they will be in the process of decision-making, better decision-making, effective interaction will happen. but the basic point about the capacity i would also slightly disagree. the problem is i don't have time, because i will miss my train. thank you. >> before you leave the room, i will say something so we're clear on this. i think everythin
pakistan has a nuclear deterrent capacity, this is very good for pakistan. that means you may not require a very large provincial army to pursue pakistan's develop the sector today, they cannot afford pakistan air force, navy and army the way they are doing now. and this is a case very clearly political leadership is making. they are not making it effectively. they need to do a better job. they need more attraction become civil military leadership so army may not -- that someone setting and the...
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there is a big concern that china is working with rogue powers like north korea, even pakistan to some degree to share nuclear technology with the iranians, perhaps the syrians, perhaps venezuelans, all opponents and enemies of the united states. what can we do to try to rein china in on the proliferation area? >> guest: well on all issues except north korea, i think the chinese national interest is very parallel to ours. neither of us can be interested in the proliferation of nuclear weapons because nuclear weapons can spread to countries that cannot have the same technological -- and they do not understand the nature of modern technology adequately. the danger of a catastrophic conflict or even of an outburst of terrorism are overwhelming. so, i am quite hopeful that with respect to this aero weekend get gradual chinese support. the major hesitation the chinese have is they always have outside forces can tell a country what to do internally but i think with globalization china will come to that point. at the congregated issue. it's north korea because on the one hand, it's not in the
there is a big concern that china is working with rogue powers like north korea, even pakistan to some degree to share nuclear technology with the iranians, perhaps the syrians, perhaps venezuelans, all opponents and enemies of the united states. what can we do to try to rein china in on the proliferation area? >> guest: well on all issues except north korea, i think the chinese national interest is very parallel to ours. neither of us can be interested in the proliferation of nuclear...
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they don't care if the troubled regions of pakistan are doing their thing in pakistan proper but if they were coming towards the capital or a significant military sites pakistani military will react strongly. >> any chance the pakistani military will be taken over by the islamists? >> i don't think so. the thing to be concerned about, there is a debate about the anthrax the tax. one of the more significant microbiologists who conducted the anthrax attacks and killed five people what you need to be concerned about is people inside the biological program. not terrorists becoming scientists but scientists becoming jihadists. that is a more legitimate concern because smuggling and rex out of a pakistani laboratory is more durable than smuggling -- we saw the attack that such an attack could be quite damaging. i am more concerned about independent pakistani biological scientists smuggling pathogens. >> do they have an active buyer warfare program? >> a lot of these, indonesia, a lot of programs could be dual use. a lot working veterinarian medicine have an interest in anthrax naturally occurr
they don't care if the troubled regions of pakistan are doing their thing in pakistan proper but if they were coming towards the capital or a significant military sites pakistani military will react strongly. >> any chance the pakistani military will be taken over by the islamists? >> i don't think so. the thing to be concerned about, there is a debate about the anthrax the tax. one of the more significant microbiologists who conducted the anthrax attacks and killed five people what...
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pakistan. there was a collusion of the u.s. and pakistan interest and therefore fighting against the soviet union. we decided to launch a jihad. jihad is a holy war. and when i say we, the united ud states and also pakistan in the lead role decided to launch a jihad, a holy war, for the reason of attracting mujahideen holy warriors from all over the muslim world and may i say we succeeded in growing about 25,000 to 30,000 mujahideen from the whole -- from the muslim world extending from morocco to indonesia. not only that, we recruited trained, and armed taliban from the tribal agencies of pakistan and pump them into afghanistan. this continued for 10 long years ladies and gentlemen, this jihad, the holy war with the united states and pakistan assistance for the people of afghanistan. there are two points that i want to highlight here which are very significant. number one, that the elites of afghanistan abandoned afghanistan during this period. they came to the united states and europe. and th
pakistan. there was a collusion of the u.s. and pakistan interest and therefore fighting against the soviet union. we decided to launch a jihad. jihad is a holy war. and when i say we, the united ud states and also pakistan in the lead role decided to launch a jihad, a holy war, for the reason of attracting mujahideen holy warriors from all over the muslim world and may i say we succeeded in growing about 25,000 to 30,000 mujahideen from the whole -- from the muslim world extending from morocco...
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in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of democracy modern capitalism and globalization and everything and then of course more than any other nation in at least a 200 years. there is one thing americans don't do. two things americans don't do well. one is history. the american attitude to history is you know joe, he is history. [laughter] bar or all history is bunk. that is the attitude. there was a young man who introduced himself as a history of -- and i said when i was teaching this country they rob him was finding enough kids who wanted a history maj
in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of...
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came begging, from london's mayor asking money to rebuild the water system in london to zimbabwe, to pakistan, anybody who came. france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy came, got their moneys, and they went back. with this economic independence, came political independence. the shah no longer needed to heed american pressures to democracy. moreover, nixon had come to power in the united states, and nixon had implement the what was called the nixon doctrine, and i argue in the book about the develop of the doctrine and how shah was very much influ enissue in the -- influential in the doctrine, but it said give the shah what he wants, as much military as he wants, and don't bug him about democracy. bugging the shah about democracy is something that every u.s. administration from roosevelt to kotter had done with the exception of nixon, and it is precisely during the nixon era where this economic changes of the shah was bringing about, were blooming iranian society or blowing iranian society into a new social fabric, a new modern middle class was coming. the agr
came begging, from london's mayor asking money to rebuild the water system in london to zimbabwe, to pakistan, anybody who came. france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy came, got their moneys, and they went back. with this economic independence, came political independence. the shah no longer needed to heed american pressures to democracy. moreover, nixon had come to power in the united states, and nixon had implement the what was called the nixon doctrine, and...
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and perhaps part out of fear, what might happen if india and pakistan have fought correctly. there is an argument that mutual assured destruction does work to keep the peace. >> good question. have nuclear weapons in fact kept the peace. there's no question i think that has a deep level, the level of depth here, that deterrence works. but if you look at deterrence as a theory which is utterly develop i what i call nuclear mandarins during the high years of the cold war, we accepted defeat in vietnam. the russians accepted defeat in afghanistan rather than escalate the use of nuclear weapons. they were not weapons -- deterrence didn't work at the level of coercion very much, but it certainly coerced the two superpowers. but, unfortunately, and this is why the so-called four horsemen, george shultz come sam nunn, bill perry and henry kissinger, back in 2006, on the '30s and a version of reykjreykjavÍk got together and decided to start an effort to move toward eliminating nuclear weapons. there is now the real possibility, and i think it can be an increasingly possibility in th
and perhaps part out of fear, what might happen if india and pakistan have fought correctly. there is an argument that mutual assured destruction does work to keep the peace. >> good question. have nuclear weapons in fact kept the peace. there's no question i think that has a deep level, the level of depth here, that deterrence works. but if you look at deterrence as a theory which is utterly develop i what i call nuclear mandarins during the high years of the cold war, we accepted defeat...
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that means pakistan is the enemy. pakistan is not the friend. pakistan is not the coalition member. we have to be very, very discreet, very understanding, very accurate in this understanding. i think it is totally against the interests of united states and pakistan and the region and also the world because it violates this, what i say as the unity of thought and action against taliban, al qaeda and terrorists. now, i would like to bring out why this has happened and what we can do to maybe bridge this problem. from united states point of view, i would like to admit pakistan needs to clarify to elements what you're casting very negative aspirations -- aspirations in leading to this trust and confidence deficit. number one, why was osama bin laden in pakistan where he got killed. the issue there was their complicity or negligence? i will be prepared to answer questions, so with problem of limitation of time, i would only like to say that with all my on his conviction, it is a case of terrible negligence which i to be investigated and punished. but it is not a case of complicity. the s
that means pakistan is the enemy. pakistan is not the friend. pakistan is not the coalition member. we have to be very, very discreet, very understanding, very accurate in this understanding. i think it is totally against the interests of united states and pakistan and the region and also the world because it violates this, what i say as the unity of thought and action against taliban, al qaeda and terrorists. now, i would like to bring out why this has happened and what we can do to maybe...
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anybody's that came begging, london's mayor to ask to rebuild the water system in london to zimbabwe to pakistan. anybody that came, france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy came, got their moneys, and they went back. with that economic independence came political independence. the shah no longer needed to heed american pressures to democracyize. moreover nixon came to power. i argue about the development of the nixon doctrine and how the shah was very much influential in the development of the nixon doctrine. but the nixon doctrine basically said give the shah what he wants, sell him as much military as he wants, and don't bug him about democracy. and bugging the shah was democracy is something that every u.s. administration from roosevelt to carter had done with the exception of nixon. it is precisely during the nixon period where the changes in the iranian society, oh blowing iranian society into a new social fabric. a new modern middle class was coming. the agriculture revolution had completely changed the fabric of iranian countryside and iranian cities. the
anybody's that came begging, london's mayor to ask to rebuild the water system in london to zimbabwe to pakistan. anybody that came, france, american companies, american companies on the verge of bankruptcy came, got their moneys, and they went back. with that economic independence came political independence. the shah no longer needed to heed american pressures to democracyize. moreover nixon came to power. i argue about the development of the nixon doctrine and how the shah was very much...
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the pakistan army, pakistan intelligence, etc.. the taliban are considered an asset and i must say again, these are long arguments. pakistan does not consider taliban to be an asset because the taliban has no chance whatsoever to return to the position of the pre-9/11 situation. they would not be able to return to kabul. but taliban and the pashtuns were part of the political landscape. they simply cannot be washed away. and there are many of them coming to our areas we have still more than 3 million, some of them more than 4 million refugees and they reach the population in the bordering regions. anyway, so i will mention about the aid and assistance. there are these accusations and the part of the u.s.. there is dealing pakistan is not delivering. but, on the pakistan side, even those who favor and who are convinced that there has to be a close relationship and cooperation between pakistan and the united states, they feel that the united states or the americans generally are not appreciated the complexities of the problems pakist
the pakistan army, pakistan intelligence, etc.. the taliban are considered an asset and i must say again, these are long arguments. pakistan does not consider taliban to be an asset because the taliban has no chance whatsoever to return to the position of the pre-9/11 situation. they would not be able to return to kabul. but taliban and the pashtuns were part of the political landscape. they simply cannot be washed away. and there are many of them coming to our areas we have still more than 3...
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from right about 1998 when the drones' everyone is familiar with them now because they are used in pakistan but they began as espionage platforms to be directly used in the bosnian conflict and they were kind of not interesting to many people of the than the cia but right around the late nineties, this on known terrorist named osama bin laden appeared on the scene, and the cia wanted to consider assassinating him what they drone and the way they would do it is they would attach missiles to the drone and this is kind of a radical idea. they got together, the cia and the air force, and they decided to engineer visa hellfire missiles, it comes from a fire and just push a button and it goes. so first they had to test it out there and the president's concern at the time was this osama bin laden character is known to do a lot of hunting with members of the various middle eastern families, and what if somebody important is that a compound when they are attacking when this predator drum carrying a missile we don't know much about we haven't used yet so they built a markup of bin laden's afghanistan
from right about 1998 when the drones' everyone is familiar with them now because they are used in pakistan but they began as espionage platforms to be directly used in the bosnian conflict and they were kind of not interesting to many people of the than the cia but right around the late nineties, this on known terrorist named osama bin laden appeared on the scene, and the cia wanted to consider assassinating him what they drone and the way they would do it is they would attach missiles to the...
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so they looked at 115kiloton, hiroshima-sized weapons unleashed between india and pakistan and assumed they would necessarily be exploded over cities, and they then calculated -- so, we're talking about 150 -- we're talking about 1 p.m. 5 -- 1.5 megatons even though we had weapons that were larger than those individual weapons. but many people don't understand that the main effect of a nuclear explosion is a mass fire. not radiation, it's not blast, it's mass fire. and i just throw in this photograph, this vivid photograph of the hiroshima mass fire to make that point. most of the people who died in hiroshima and nagasaki died from fire. they didn't die from blast or radiation. so now, unfortunately, my graph isn't going to animate for us, but if it did do so, you would see a little black speck emerge between india and pakistan and slowly grow into a gray haze that would cross about a three month period spread out across the entire world. the estimates that the scientists came up with was that there would be about a 2-3 degree annual reduction in average world temperatures as a result
so they looked at 115kiloton, hiroshima-sized weapons unleashed between india and pakistan and assumed they would necessarily be exploded over cities, and they then calculated -- so, we're talking about 150 -- we're talking about 1 p.m. 5 -- 1.5 megatons even though we had weapons that were larger than those individual weapons. but many people don't understand that the main effect of a nuclear explosion is a mass fire. not radiation, it's not blast, it's mass fire. and i just throw in this...
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we didn't attack russia weótótótótótótótótót didn'tót attack pakistan or india.ótótw0w0wdwdótótót the israelis got their nukes partly from the united states. so i think the united statesótótótótótwúót should engage the iran's to tryótótótótótó÷ótótót to prevent them from going nuclear. i'm not sure they want to goótót nuclear.ótótót i don't think the americanódódódódótót intelligence agencies have noódótót firm data that they're goingó÷ó÷ó÷ó÷ótótót nuclear.ótótótótótó÷ and so i would engaged in. i would take a look at theirótótótót turkish brazil proposal.ótwúwdótót and also low they are not aótótótót threat to the united states ofót america, for heavensót sake.ótó÷ótótótótótót we have thousands of nuclear weapons.ótótótótótótót ót >> host: they haven't invaded in 14,000 years. put issue on the other foot. they are scared of us aspect ió÷ótótódótótótót think they are.ótótót i believe they are and they areót very apprehensive when this story broke.ótótótótótótótótótót i think i bet th
we didn't attack russia weótótótótótótótótót didn'tót attack pakistan or india.ótótw0w0wdwdótótót the israelis got their nukes partly from the united states. so i think the united statesótótótótótwúót should engage the iran's to tryótótótótótó÷ótótót to prevent them from going nuclear. i'm not sure they want to goótót nuclear.ótótót i don't think the americanódódódódótót intelligence agencies have noódótót firm data that they're...
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if you take the weapons apart and store their part separately as india and pakistan do today, precisely so they don't have to stay stay for strike capability from the other side, then you have wartime. what is the time good for? of time is good for trying to find some other way to resolve the dispute. you can walk that back as far as you like. i would say walk it back six months to a time when the materials are available, perhaps even the parts that the weapons have to be assembled and certified and inserted onto their delivery system and so forth. in that situation there is always of course the risk of someone deciding to break out. and i think back to the remarkable document that of robert oppenheimer and the other members of the lilienthal commission assembled, put together and work worked out in 1946 which was then kind of botched by bernard baruch and changed around when he presented it to the united nations. what oppenheimer -- baruch at one point asked oppenheimer where's your army? so many chiefs, how are you going to stop that? there is no provision here for any importance and
if you take the weapons apart and store their part separately as india and pakistan do today, precisely so they don't have to stay stay for strike capability from the other side, then you have wartime. what is the time good for? of time is good for trying to find some other way to resolve the dispute. you can walk that back as far as you like. i would say walk it back six months to a time when the materials are available, perhaps even the parts that the weapons have to be assembled and...
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to pakistan. one had to do with some planes which we sold to them. had their money and didn't deliver the planes. i don't know -- i don't claim to have been particularly courageous. i have to look at my own votes in that area. whether i met the test of courage isn't the point. it wasn't just mishandled. it was terribly wrong for us to be selling them something and not deliver while hanging onto their money. that has been corrected but 15 years, we know how many years and how that unfold. also, we are not leaving the area. your question contains both questions about are we leaving afghanistan? abandoning pakistan? we won't do either. the choice is if pakistan gives us that choice, losing an ally, if we continue to speak the truth about the relationship of pakistan and their isi to the events across the border, if we continue to speak the truth, it is the truth that we could lose an ally, we have to protect their troops. of the price of that is making a relationship with pakistan much more difficult
to pakistan. one had to do with some planes which we sold to them. had their money and didn't deliver the planes. i don't know -- i don't claim to have been particularly courageous. i have to look at my own votes in that area. whether i met the test of courage isn't the point. it wasn't just mishandled. it was terribly wrong for us to be selling them something and not deliver while hanging onto their money. that has been corrected but 15 years, we know how many years and how that unfold. also,...
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seeks aid in pakistan's peace effort. just after a month of accusing pakistan's spy network of secretly supporting the haqqani terrorist network, the obama administration is now relying on the same intelligence service to help organize and kick-start reconciliation talks aimed at ending of war in afghanistan. >> guest: that is the united states in looking to get a political solution in the afghan war is dependent upon pakistan's spy agency, the spy agency thom talked about that works closely with the militant groups in afghanistan. here you are, the situation where the military, the united states government is really reliant upon the pakistanis both to help weaken the haqqani network, but they are relying on them to get the groups to the bargaining table to have a solution to the end of the war of afghanistan. it's a difficult position the administration is in, and they are skeptical this will work, especially in pakistan. they saw this movie before as well. >> host: here's the headline in the times. u.s. seek aids from p
seeks aid in pakistan's peace effort. just after a month of accusing pakistan's spy network of secretly supporting the haqqani terrorist network, the obama administration is now relying on the same intelligence service to help organize and kick-start reconciliation talks aimed at ending of war in afghanistan. >> guest: that is the united states in looking to get a political solution in the afghan war is dependent upon pakistan's spy agency, the spy agency thom talked about that works...
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-pakistan relations. he's in washington for a spring meeting of the international monetary fund and world bank. this is hosted by the woodrow wilson center. it's almost an hour. >> dr. shaikh has agreed toeak speak to us for 15 or 20 minutes today. after which point we will -- heg has agreed to take questions from the audience.re deliged to mr. shaikh, we are delighted toe have you and turn things over to you now. introdnk you for the very nice introduction.. i should hang around here in the u.s. more often if i keep getting such recognition nobody seems to have much good to say about me in pakistan. [laughter] i'm delighted to be here. it's an honor for me. thank you for the invitation. i think we are meeting at a critical time. the pakistan u.s. relationship has acquired a sycophant it never had before. it's seen as important both for the security and region and perhaps indeed for the whole world. the need to learn from the past as well as the recent experiences, and to shape and configure the relations
-pakistan relations. he's in washington for a spring meeting of the international monetary fund and world bank. this is hosted by the woodrow wilson center. it's almost an hour. >> dr. shaikh has agreed toeak speak to us for 15 or 20 minutes today. after which point we will -- heg has agreed to take questions from the audience.re deliged to mr. shaikh, we are delighted toe have you and turn things over to you now. introdnk you for the very nice introduction.. i should hang around here in...
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story from right around 1998 when drones, everyone is familiar with them now because they are used in pakistan, but they began as espionage platforms that only carried cameras. they were used in the bos kneian conflict, and they were not interesting to many people other than the cia, but right around the late 90s, this unknown terrorist named bin laden appeared on the scene, and the cia were considering assassinating him with a drone, and the way they would do it is attach missiles to the drone, and this was a radical idea, so they got together, the cia and the air force, and they decided to engineer these hell-fire missiles, the missiles are so accurate that the hell fire comes from fire and forget. you push it and forget. first, they had to test it out there, and the president's concern at the time is while the character is known to do falcon hunting with middle eastern royal faps, and what is somebody is important at the compound when we attack him with this predator drone carrying a hell fire missile we haven't used yet, so they built a mockup of bin laden's afghanistan farm, and that's wh
story from right around 1998 when drones, everyone is familiar with them now because they are used in pakistan, but they began as espionage platforms that only carried cameras. they were used in the bos kneian conflict, and they were not interesting to many people other than the cia, but right around the late 90s, this unknown terrorist named bin laden appeared on the scene, and the cia were considering assassinating him with a drone, and the way they would do it is attach missiles to the...
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they can operate elsewhere, yemen, pakistan, etc.? >> the truth is we have to prevent them from operating anywhere and we've sought to do that. the commander of the u.s. central command we have i don't know what was come over 80% of the deployed u.s. special operations forces and the key reason wasn't just iraq and afghanistan, it was also ought we were living in other areas including yemen and several other countries in the region. the fact is if we can force them to displease from pakistan that is hugely significant because they will have to leave the infrastructure, relationships, networks, command and control systems and everything else they've established over 20 or 40 years and just as when the taliban had to leave the district and leave behind massive caches of weapons, explosives we are finding four times more explosives, cash than we ever found before and it's because the area they had to leave or be killed or captured so you have the same dynamic of the can be displaced in pakistan. but there's no question you have to go ove
they can operate elsewhere, yemen, pakistan, etc.? >> the truth is we have to prevent them from operating anywhere and we've sought to do that. the commander of the u.s. central command we have i don't know what was come over 80% of the deployed u.s. special operations forces and the key reason wasn't just iraq and afghanistan, it was also ought we were living in other areas including yemen and several other countries in the region. the fact is if we can force them to displease from...
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china has a border with pakistan and india. iran has a border with pakistan -- afghanistan. and they have their own agenda and they have their own strategic imperative. the china has a lot more influence in pakistan than the u.s. they take our money. but the china is the influence. they call them the all weather friends. china does look at the u.s. and look at india as quasi. i am wondering if they have an interest in actually creating some instability. like the story that they funded and gave the technology for a nuclear reactor to make bombs to pakistan. just now in the world of nonproliferation and all of the stuff, they are encouraging the pakistani to build nuclear bomb materials. what's your take on the iranian and chinese? do you discuss it in the book? >> briefly. you characterized china rightly from pakistan's perfective, they are the all weather friend. they are taller than the himalayas and deeper than the indian ocean. in practice, they've given them a lot of weapons. but in every clutch situation, the china hasn't done anything more than we have. china's short a
china has a border with pakistan and india. iran has a border with pakistan -- afghanistan. and they have their own agenda and they have their own strategic imperative. the china has a lot more influence in pakistan than the u.s. they take our money. but the china is the influence. they call them the all weather friends. china does look at the u.s. and look at india as quasi. i am wondering if they have an interest in actually creating some instability. like the story that they funded and gave...
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the situation in pakistan is getting worse and worse. i have the feeling that the general -- general kayani who was a very fine officer may step into the breach and once again pakistan might fall under military rule and may be the only way to make a decision as to where pakistan is going. is it going to try to play things both ways, supporting some elements of the taliban or is it going to take a real stand for maternity, which i think tammy would favor, but i don't know that it's going to happen. as obama faces their decisions, he also has a very fine chief of staff admiral mike mullen has served in vietnam who called for a review of the armed forces after 10 years of continuous combat and is concerned about the impact about men and women who are fighting. i think he is concerned about some indication of neo can to reduce thinking that appear in some senior officers after they have parted. so he is called a very fine conference to be held. but beyond what the individual officials are doing, there are two statements into philosophies at
the situation in pakistan is getting worse and worse. i have the feeling that the general -- general kayani who was a very fine officer may step into the breach and once again pakistan might fall under military rule and may be the only way to make a decision as to where pakistan is going. is it going to try to play things both ways, supporting some elements of the taliban or is it going to take a real stand for maternity, which i think tammy would favor, but i don't know that it's going to...
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the situation in pakistan is getting worse and worse. i have a feeling that the general, general kayani, who is a very fine officer, may step into the breach and once again pakistan may fall under military rule, and that may be the only way to make a decision as to where pakistan is going. is it going to try to play things both ways, support some elements of the taliban, or is it going to take a real stance for paternity which i think kayani would favor, but i don't know that that is going to happen. as obama faces these decisions, he also has a very fine chief of staff of the armed forces, mike mullen, who has served india, it and he just called -- who has served in vietnam. and his call for a review of the armed forces as they stand after 10 years of continuous combat. and he is concerned about the impact on the men and women who are fighting. he is concerned about the psychological impact of the generals directedness. i think he is concerned about some indications of neoconservative thinking that appear in some senior officers after t
the situation in pakistan is getting worse and worse. i have a feeling that the general, general kayani, who is a very fine officer, may step into the breach and once again pakistan may fall under military rule, and that may be the only way to make a decision as to where pakistan is going. is it going to try to play things both ways, support some elements of the taliban, or is it going to take a real stance for paternity which i think kayani would favor, but i don't know that that is going to...
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china has a border with pakistan and india. iran has a border with pakistan -- afghanistan. and they have their own agenda and they have their own strategic imperative. the china has a lot more influence in pakistan than the u.s. they take our money. but the china is the influence. they call them the all weather friends. china does look at the u.s. and look at india as quasi. i am wondering if they have an interest in actually creating some instability. like the story that they funded and gave the technology for a nuclear reactor to make bombs to pakistan. just now in the world of nonproliferation and all of the stuff, they are encouraging the pakistani to build nuclear bomb materials. what's your take on the iranian and chinese? do you discuss it in the book? >> briefly. you characterized china rightly from pakistan's perfective, they are the all weather friend. they are taller than the himalayas and deeper than the indian ocean. in practice, they've given them a lot of weapons. but in every clutch situation, the china hasn't done anything more than we have. china's short a
china has a border with pakistan and india. iran has a border with pakistan -- afghanistan. and they have their own agenda and they have their own strategic imperative. the china has a lot more influence in pakistan than the u.s. they take our money. but the china is the influence. they call them the all weather friends. china does look at the u.s. and look at india as quasi. i am wondering if they have an interest in actually creating some instability. like the story that they funded and gave...
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>> the list of terrible skin, iran, pakistan. i think that we don't pay enough attention to what is happening on our southern border, and if you live in southern california or new mexico, you know the drug cartels of a lot of the space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states, which is very dangerous. last year there were -- two years ago there were 5,000 murders of officials, mexican officials, quite sad. the past couple of years. what mostly keeps me up tonight is the question of whether the united states is going to read -- somehow to the internal repair that we need to. i worry that we can't seem to get our entitlements under control. i worry we can get our budget deficits under control, emigration policy, the fact that in k-12 education i can look at yours it coded so whether or not you're going to get a good education. that is not just wrong, it is actually probably going to undo us more quickly than anything the chinese could ever do to us because if we have people who are unemployable, and they
>> the list of terrible skin, iran, pakistan. i think that we don't pay enough attention to what is happening on our southern border, and if you live in southern california or new mexico, you know the drug cartels of a lot of the space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states, which is very dangerous. last year there were -- two years ago there were 5,000 murders of officials, mexican officials, quite sad. the past couple of years. what mostly keeps me up...
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it seems after the last week and everything that's been discussed in pakistan that it would be highly desirable to be in a position to withdraw as much as we can through the former soviet region including central asia and russia rather than having to go through pakistan. just very briefly on putin and medvedev, and i'm sure this will be a topic for more discussion during the questions. you know, we have at this point every reason to think that putin has been broadly supportive of medvedev's foreign policy approach if we can even call it medvedev's foreign policy approach and not a putin/medvedev approach or medvedev/putin approach. and if you look at the public statements that the two of them have made, i think there is relatively little difference in how they define russia's interests. at the same time, you know, putin clearly has a very different style. he may also give somewhat different weight to some russian interests versus others. and tipping the balance on some issues could make a difference to the united states. and finally, you know, it's very clear that after having already
it seems after the last week and everything that's been discussed in pakistan that it would be highly desirable to be in a position to withdraw as much as we can through the former soviet region including central asia and russia rather than having to go through pakistan. just very briefly on putin and medvedev, and i'm sure this will be a topic for more discussion during the questions. you know, we have at this point every reason to think that putin has been broadly supportive of medvedev's...
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we work on pakistan because of pakistan itself, because of pakistan's importance to the world, to stability in south asia one of the most dangerous and explosive parts of the world, and in an effort to help the pakistanis with the massive set of internal problems in which they legitimately should get the support of many other countries. all of this i would have said before, but the floods are simply unimaginable to those of you who have seen it only on television. we have all seen floods on television and at first the world under reacted. floods in asia was an old headline, but this was not just another flood. an area larger than italy went underwater, imposed on an american map that would stretch from the canadian border to florida. although death were far less than the tsunami and in haiti as foreign minister said, the total affected area and the people affected far exceeded that, and we have just come back from brussels with a damage needs assessment from the world bank and the asian development bank that simply to replace what has been lost will cost almost $10 billion. that is over and
we work on pakistan because of pakistan itself, because of pakistan's importance to the world, to stability in south asia one of the most dangerous and explosive parts of the world, and in an effort to help the pakistanis with the massive set of internal problems in which they legitimately should get the support of many other countries. all of this i would have said before, but the floods are simply unimaginable to those of you who have seen it only on television. we have all seen floods on...
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if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's pretty good at the east-west trade makes sense. it totally justifies the corridors of building and investing in him another south corridors that make hopefully just as much in places like india, southeast asia in general with trillions of dollars in trade potential would be a really good thing to happen. about the afghanistan infrastructure fund this concerned, if the private sector one and they put the money together turn a company or many, but we are doing so from primarily the public sector. the reasons for this is when we went to projects, public sector projects, we can charge
if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's...
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>> i worry about the list of iran, pakistan. i worry about mexico. i don't think we pay enough attention what is happening on the southern border and if you live in california or new mexico you know the drug cartel's own a lot of the space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states. two years ago there were five calls and chris -- 5,000 murders, probably twice that in the last couple of years, so very dangerous but you know what mostly keeps me that mike is the question whether the united states is going to reaffirm and some how do the internal repair that we need to do to lead. i'm worried we can't seem to get our entitlement under control and we can't get our budget deficit under control. i worry about immigration control and the fact in the case through 12 education i can look in your zip code and tell whether or not you were going to get a good education and that is not just wrong it is ongoing to under less quickly because if we have people that are unemployable and they will be the will have to live on the bill because
>> i worry about the list of iran, pakistan. i worry about mexico. i don't think we pay enough attention what is happening on the southern border and if you live in california or new mexico you know the drug cartel's own a lot of the space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states. two years ago there were five calls and chris -- 5,000 murders, probably twice that in the last couple of years, so very dangerous but you know what mostly keeps me that mike is the...
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iran, pakistan. i worry about mexico. i think that we don't pay enough attention to what is happening on our southern border. and if you live in california or new mexico you know that the drug cartels own a lot of that space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states. it is very dangerous. last year there were, two years ago there were 5,000 kidnapping and murders of officials, mexican officials, probably twice that in the last couple of years. so very dangerous. but you know what mostly keeps me up at night? the question of whether the united states is going to reaffirm and somehow do the internal repair that we need to do to lead. i worry that we can't seem to get our entitlements under control. i worry that we can't get our budget deficits under control. i worry about immigration policy. i worry about the fact that in k-12 education i can look at your zip code and tell whether or not you're going to get a good education and that's not just wrong. it is actually probably going to undo us more q
iran, pakistan. i worry about mexico. i think that we don't pay enough attention to what is happening on our southern border. and if you live in california or new mexico you know that the drug cartels own a lot of that space between northern mexico and the southern border of the united states. it is very dangerous. last year there were, two years ago there were 5,000 kidnapping and murders of officials, mexican officials, probably twice that in the last couple of years. so very dangerous. but...
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refuge in pakistan again. but at that time the focus of the world was in backing our movement and our fight for freedom. that is why because we had refuge in pakistan and because there was a con certed, worldwide effort, we were able to defeat one of the two powers of the world -- superpowers of the world. and the same thing i say to you is valid today. until the taliban and the al-qaeda terrorists are not purged from their -- [inaudible] it will be extremely difficult if not impossible for the world community to ultimately and decisively bring them to their knees. >> general barno. >> yeah. i think i'll probably give a bit of a different perspective based on my recent visit. i've been to pakistan 12 or 15 times before this. i was there for a week, and i had access to very senior people in the military and the civil service, in other elements of the government, the intelligence agencies, academics, students, governors. so i had a fairly wide cast of people i talked to. i'm also very sensitive to hearing talkin
refuge in pakistan again. but at that time the focus of the world was in backing our movement and our fight for freedom. that is why because we had refuge in pakistan and because there was a con certed, worldwide effort, we were able to defeat one of the two powers of the world -- superpowers of the world. and the same thing i say to you is valid today. until the taliban and the al-qaeda terrorists are not purged from their -- [inaudible] it will be extremely difficult if not impossible for the...
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do you want to comment on pakistan and your views there? >> i was one of the first guys who said that we do need to cut off this funding to pakistan. look, i spent 2.5 years in kandahar. and any time we put pressure on the taliban, they went to pakistan. now, there's a reason why all of a sudden these groups are finding sanctuary there. they feel that they're not going to be, you know, bothered too much. either they're welcomed or i don't know. i mean, the fact that the week before osama bin laden was killed, the president of pakistan made a call over to hamid karzai and asked him to go into a long-term security arrangement with pakistan and china, not the united states of america. that's not an ally, folks. the fact that pakistan is looking to get aircraft from china. that's not an ally. china is going to go in and build a naval base. that's not an ally. you know, when i look at this incident with osama bin laden. it comes down to three things. it's either ignorance, incompetence or complicity. all of those bad but the sum of all three is
do you want to comment on pakistan and your views there? >> i was one of the first guys who said that we do need to cut off this funding to pakistan. look, i spent 2.5 years in kandahar. and any time we put pressure on the taliban, they went to pakistan. now, there's a reason why all of a sudden these groups are finding sanctuary there. they feel that they're not going to be, you know, bothered too much. either they're welcomed or i don't know. i mean, the fact that the week before osama...
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then pakistan and india on another. and then day after day, countries that had really diverse and different fundamental differences and, again no one was better in bringing everybody together than dr. condoleezza rice. at age 38, secretary rice was named the provost at stanford, as you heard, that's our alma mater. she was the first woman, the first minority, and the youngest provost in stanford's history. she showed exceptional leadership skills at stanford, that since that time universities all over the country are trying to get her to be their president. but, again, they were as unsuccessful as i was earlier of getting her. she is a leader with incredibly diverse skills. a concert pianist, sports aficionado and because of her leadership skills has been offered to be the commissioner of the pac-12 and has been considered the commissioner of the nfl and a lot of other sports franchises. she served on the board of pew hue let packard, chevron, charles charles schwab, and many other boards and civic organizations. it's m
then pakistan and india on another. and then day after day, countries that had really diverse and different fundamental differences and, again no one was better in bringing everybody together than dr. condoleezza rice. at age 38, secretary rice was named the provost at stanford, as you heard, that's our alma mater. she was the first woman, the first minority, and the youngest provost in stanford's history. she showed exceptional leadership skills at stanford, that since that time universities...
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what we're seeing in pakistan today, i don't see the danger that pakistan's government is in danger of being taken over by al qaeda. i don't think that is a possibility but there is an enormous set of problems the government in pakistan faces. it is a weak and corrupt government, completely dependent on something from the u.s. and has little support at home. that is problem because historically the military has been willing to take over. the military set is very strong. probably the strongest component of our. in that context the military losing support of its nuclear arsenal is not a problem. the pakistani military thinks the best way to support their self-interest is to support the afghan taliban with whom they have a longstanding two decade relationship. that is where the hypocrisy in u.s. policy gets frustrating sometimes. if we look at the 1980s wasn't that long ago that the soviet union was occupied afghanistan and the u.s. was sending huge amounts of money and weapons like shoulder fired missiles to the afghans through the pakistani military which were led by the pakistani intel
what we're seeing in pakistan today, i don't see the danger that pakistan's government is in danger of being taken over by al qaeda. i don't think that is a possibility but there is an enormous set of problems the government in pakistan faces. it is a weak and corrupt government, completely dependent on something from the u.s. and has little support at home. that is problem because historically the military has been willing to take over. the military set is very strong. probably the strongest...
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targets in pakistan than they were to attack u.s. targets in pakistan or to attack the u.s. homeland. myth number 5. terrorism is unrelated to judicial political grievances. because of the seeming irrationality of the al qaeda inspired 9/11 attack it is easy to lose sight of the fact that a large number of terrorist attacks in fall fairly rational political disputes over territory. when we use the gtd data to identify the most active terrorist organizations in the world we found a large proportion of them involve group organized around dispute having to do with political control over territory. although there are major differences in their orientation this explains in large part virtually all of the top 20 most active terrorist groups including the shining path, the i r a, hamas and the ltde. most terrorist attacks are legal. because of the terrorist attack of 9/11 is easy to suppose most terrorist attacks are incredibly lethal. from the gtd we find half of all terrorist attacks since 1970 and false no fatalities. many incidents are directed at property. many other cases ter
targets in pakistan than they were to attack u.s. targets in pakistan or to attack the u.s. homeland. myth number 5. terrorism is unrelated to judicial political grievances. because of the seeming irrationality of the al qaeda inspired 9/11 attack it is easy to lose sight of the fact that a large number of terrorist attacks in fall fairly rational political disputes over territory. when we use the gtd data to identify the most active terrorist organizations in the world we found a large...